Hi That's interesting that you've experienced that. I've just tried the command "sc config imapi start= disabled" IMAPI was turned from automatic to manual. I still get all(5) my DVDRW's show up without any problems.

Hi there,

actually, in my system IMAPI was set to "Manual" even before I used the command "sc config imapi start= disabled". "Manual" was the default setting. After I re-enabled it, using "sc config imapi start= demand" (and restarted it), the cd-writer appeared again, and IMAPI was back to the ''manual'' mode.

But have you noticed any sort of improvement in terms of writing performance, etc., when you disabled this service? Or no difference at all? (In which case there would be no use of disabling it anyway).

Hi Personally no difference. BTW the only way I can switch (I get no enable/disable stays as manual)on/off is control panel > administrative tools > services > click on IMAPI cd burning > goto start service. Same process to stop except final step goto stop service.